John Rufus Wells Rhea

1855-1917

John Rufus Wells Rhea 1855-1917, 7th child of John Rhea and Elizabeth Looney Rhea, grandson of Matthew Rhea and Mary Looney and great grandson of Matthew Rhea and Jane Preston.

  1. John Rufus Wells Rhea (1855-1917) married Rebecca Jane Lockett 1859-1901 and they had 6 children.:
    1. John Lockett Rhea 1881-1887
    2. Frank Lee Rhea 1886-1937 married Mary M. Teall (abt1893-1966) and they had 5 children.:
      1. Patricia Rhea ( ).
      2. Jeanne Rhea ( ) married Jimmy Stephenson ( ) and they had 1 child:
        • Lynda Stephenson ( ).
      3. John Sumner Rhea 1910-1910.
      4. Gerald Rhea 1910-1911.
      5. Geraldine Rhea 1910-1911.
    3. Walter Howard Rhea 1889-1912.
    4. Oscar Preston Rhea 1892-1973 married Catherine Morgan Shaver 1897-1979 and they had 3 children:
      1. Rebecca Irene Rhea 1921-1961 married Russell Edgar Prack and they had 1 child:
        • Irene Rhea Prack (1950- )
      2. Oscar Preston Rhea Jr. 1924-1942.
      3. John Whitfield Rhea (1931- ) married Winnifred Clyde Roberson (1932- ) and they had 4 children:
        • John Whitfield Rhea II (1953- ) married Sharon Jean Lammey (1954- ) and they had 1 child:
          • Amy Michelle Rhea (1979- )
        • Rebecca Jane Rhea 1956-1956.
        • James Shaver Rhea (1960- ) married Regina Louise Abernathy (1962- ) and they had 3 children:
          • Robert Jason Rhea (1980- ).
          • Rebecca Morgan Rhea (1981- ).
          • Mallory Alise Rhea (1987- ).
        • Janis Ann Rhea (1966- ) married Cole Aaron Chandler (1962- ) and they had 3 children:
          • Victoria Lynn Chandler (1994- ).
          • Rebecca Danielle Chandler
          • Elizabeth Michelle Chandler
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        John Whitfield Rhea II has remarried.

    5. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Susan Rhea 1894-1963 married Egbert Leroy Smith 1892-1973 and they had 2 children:
      1. Egbert Franklin Smith 1915-1981 married Alice Redford Hall 1909-1990 and they had 4 children:
        • Dorothy Faye Smith (1934- ) married Alan Ellsworth Hoover (1935- ) and they had 2 children:
          • Michael Alan Hoover (1959- ) married Janice Marie Rouse (1954- ) and they had 1 child:
            • Ashley Marie Hoover (1988- ).
          • Susan Elizabeth Hoover (1964- ).
        • Virginia May Smith (1936- ) married Charles Ray Irvin (1936- ) and they had 2 children: (Virginia's 2nd husband was John Hummel)
          • Alice Kathryn Irvin (1956- ) married Jeffrey Alan Cobb (1960- ) and they had 2 children:
            • Kevin Andrew Cobb (1987- ).
            • Alyssa Rae Cobb (1990- ).
          • Sandra Ellen Irvin (1960- ) m. in 1994 Paul Eugene Thomas b.ca.1968.
        • Sue Alice Smith (1940- ) married Johnnie David Baker Sr. (1938-1993) and they had 2 children:
          • Johnnie David Baker Jr. (1961- ).
          • Amy Marie Baker (1964- ) married Robert Dwayne Morrison (1962- ) and they had 2 children:
            • Robert Dwayne Morrison Jr. (1982- ).
            • Sarah Lanae Morrison (1984- ).

          Sue Alice remarried to Bob Utley b.1936-.

        • Egbert 'Bert' Franklin Smith Jr. (1948-3/16/2000) married Ginger Gayle Pruett (1950- ) and they had 3 children: (Bert died in an oil rig accident off the coast of Brazil.)
          • Tsinina Gayle Smith (1967- ) married Garland Burgan (1963- ) and they had 3 children:
            • Coleman Shayne Burgan (1990- ).
            • Emily Gayle Burgan (1993- ).
            • Cody Wade Burgan (1994- ).
          • Egbert Franklin Smith III (1969- ) married Teresa Davis ( ) and they had 1 child:
            • Ginger Love Smith (1988- ).
          • Alicia Helen Smith (1978- ) m. on 10/12/2002 Jeremy Judson Stogner. Jeremy is from Magnolia, Arkansas. His family is from Henryetta, Oklahoma.
      2. John Rhea Smith (1919-1977) married Irma DeWiss Hill 1921-1976 and they had 4 children:
        • Elizabeth Wallace Smith (1941-xxxx) married Raymond Lewis Ryan ( ) and they had 1 child:
          • Raymond Lewis Ryan Jr. (1965- ).
        • Margaret Jeanne Smith (1944- ) married Henry Mart Kirksey ( ) and they had 2 children:
          • Jennifer Lynne Kirksey (1963- ).
          • Jeffrey Mart Kirksey (1967- ).

          Margaret Jeanne Smith Kirksey has remarried.

        • John Rhea Smith Jr. 1949-1952.
        • Michael Allen Smith 1954-1981 married Bonnie Deaton ( ) and they had 1 child:
          • Jeremy Michael Smith (1980- ).
    6. Annie Nona Rhea b.6/7/1897 d.1976 m. ca.1921 Harwell Lee Pinkston 1898-1976. No children.
  2. Lucinda Harriet Rhea 1858-1884.
  3. Walter Rhea 1858-1876, the last child of John Rhea and Elizabeth Looney Rhea.


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